Five days after being removed from the ballot by the Davidson County Election Commission, Luvell Glanton has filed suit to be placed back on it.

The lawsuit, filed in Davidson County Chancery Court Wednesday morning, alleges that the commission erred by siding with Judge Kelvin Jones’ challenge to Glanton’s Davidson County residency. On a party-line decision, the three Republican commissioners voted to exclude Glanton by a 3-2 margin. The suit alleges that the partisan nature of the vote was responsible for “usurping the Democratic Party’s exclusive control over its primary ballot and denying Mr. Glanton procedural protections.”